Events

PVMAC Scale Fun Fly Event::April 13-15 2018

Last Updated on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:54
Published on Tuesday, 23 January 2018 01:22

The Pomona Valley Model Airplane Club will be hosting our first event of 2018, the PVMAC SCALE FUN FLY, which will and held at the Prado Air Park in Chino, CA. The Event will be held on Friday April 13th through Sunday April 15th. Both military and civilian scale aircraft are welcome, sorry no Turbines. The Pilot Landing fee is a reasonable $25.00 and includes lunch on Saturday. Event flying will be held on Saturday Only, and open flying will be Friday and Sunday, but if your not a member of the club, the $25 Landing fee buys you in all weekend, (AMA required). This is the first scale flying event at to be hosted by the PVMAC in nearly 3 years, and we encourage everyone to come out for the camaraderie and fun, and show your support.

We will be trying something new for the pilot Raffle also. To encourage as much flying as possible, we will be handing out a raffle ticket every time you fly. The more you fly, the better your chances of winning. This has worked really well at other clubs events, so we though we would give it a try. In addition to the pilot raffle, there will also be a best of class awards for WWI, WWII, EDF Jet, Civilian, and Multi-Engine Aircraft!

Classic Pattern & Swap Meet Saturday October 7

Last Updated on Friday, 23 June 2017 23:32
Published on Friday, 23 June 2017 04:26

The PVMAC will be holding a Classic Pttern event taking place on saturday, October 7th. There will be an optional date of Sunday October 8th if it rains Saturday. This event is only $20 to enter and is a great way to get into the sport. We will plan on a 4 round contest

A pancake breakfast and hamburger/hotdog lunch will be served.

A classic Pattern contest brings back competition of the 1970's and 1980's. Many of the participants will even fly with airplanes, radios and engines of the era - although this does not help with the scores.Almost any 40 - 60 size airplane glow or electric is allowed to fly in the Pre-Novice and Novice classes. Advanced and Expert classes, we like to see an airplane more of the era. There are a couple ARF's that you can buy today, the most popular is probably the Tower Kaos 60 and 40. We are looking for a style of flying, one maneuver at a time as indicated on the "call card". Can you fly a straight line? Can you roll? How about a loop - or 3 loops. Classic Pattern Association (www.classicpatternassociation.com) is a site you might want to look at. There is a membership fee of $15.00 a year but membership is not required to join our event. The site will also have the "call cards" as well as a written description of the maneuvers.Give Classic Pattern a try!You probably already have an airplane you can enter.

You will be asked to spot for the next pilot after your round - a lookout for full-scale aircraft.

Field closed to open flying. AMA sanction received.

Scale Squadron's Warbirds and Classics

Last Updated on Wednesday, 13 May 2015 02:08
Published on Friday, 08 May 2015 04:05

Wings Over Prado 2015 Recap

Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 17:07
Published on Tuesday, 05 May 2015 05:44

The Wings Over Prado Scale Fun Fly Event has come and gone, and was a huge success. Dispite the weather trying its best to put a damper on things, pilots and spectators alike managed to have a great time catching up with old friends, making new ones, and of course flying.

With 55 registered pilts there were plenty of great looking aircraft everywhere you look in the air and on the ground. It was amazing to see the craftmanship and attention to detail on so many of the models, and Large Scale models were very popular this year. It was also nice to see there was an even mix of Electric and gas models flying throughout the weekend.

Fridays weather was a bit cold, and the winds kicked up a bit in the late morning, but the rain stayed away which made for a good day of flying. By Saturday, everyone was ready to kick it into high gear, with all the Pilot stations full most of the time. Saturdays weather, was much the same, until about 2:30pm when the rain finally decided to hit Prado field, But by then almost everyone had their fill of great flying. There were some great prizes that were raffled off in a hurry due to the impending rain, but many folks went home happy with some new toys.

The only bummer was that the evening banquet at the field had to be canceled due to the cold and rainy weather. But that doesn't mean that people went hungry. The grill was going from morning until afternoon, turning some of the best pancakes, burgers and hot dogs, along with some great french fries thanks to a portable deep fryer.

Sunday made was the best day weather wise for flying and the people who remained enjoyed the best weather that southern california has to offer and no one seemed eager to go home.

The usual group of volunteers turned up to help make the event a success, but this time around we had many more spectators than usual. There were many familar faces coming out to support the club, as well as some new ones coming out to see what all the excitement was about. The PVMAC and Board would like to thank everyone who helped make this event possible. A special thanks goes to Joni Whitsitt and Randy Wilber for thier dedication and tremendous effort in putting this event together, as without thier tireless dedication, this event would not have happened.

Here is a list of the awards Given out at the event.

1st Place Bi-Plane:

Rich Pandis, Fokker D7

1st Place Civilian:

Kyle Goodwine, Circus 22

1st Place Multi-Engine:

Keith Costas, Martin B-10

1st Place EDF Jet:

Bret Hecht, Bryon F-15

1st Place Detailed ARF:

Paul Smith, A-10 Warthog

1st Place Military:

Chris Wolfe, Mirage III RS EDF

2nd Place Military:

Chris Spangenberg, Newport 28

3rd Place Military:

Gregg Minden, Tucano

1st Place People's Choice:

Rich Pandis, Skymaster F-4 Phantom EDF

2nd Place People's Choice:

Bret Hecht, Bryon F-15

We have a photo gallery up with Tons of great photos provided courtisy of Larry Griffiths a.k.a. twoeleven. He has a great eye and the photos are tac sharp thanks to his high end gear, so I know you'll enjoy them as much as I have, Thank you Larry.

Wings Over Prado April 24-26 2015

Last Updated on Friday, 10 April 2015 21:05
Published on Tuesday, 27 January 2015 19:47

The PVMAC is proud to announce that we will be bringing back an event that has been on haitus for the last couple years. The Wings Over Prado, (Formerly Wings Over Chino), is a scale RC aircraft fly-in that willl be held on Friday April 24th through Sunday April 26th 2015 and features all scale warbirds, scale civilian, scale edf Jets, and Sport Scale Aircraft

Landing fee is just $30 which includes an Event Ballcap. The event is an AMA Sanctioned Event so current AMA membership is required. Our snack bar will be open for breakfast and lunch serving up good tasting hot food, and ice cold drinks. A Saturday night banquet will be held at the field and will be an Italian dinner which includes a salad and soft drinks.

We will be providing a manned central charging station with power for up to 16 chargers, each with 12v/16 Amps of output. Vendors will also be onsite showing the latest and greatest electric RC products.